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Dr Alex Hildred, Head of Research and Diane Budden, Medical Historian.

Episode 4: The Tudor Pandemic

Mary Rose Museum · In conversation with… Dr Alex Hildred, Head of Research and Diane Budden, Medical Historian.

Coronavirus it was not, but ‘The Sweating Sickness’, the epidemic prevalent in Tudor England, was a match for our current pandemic and was feared greatly by the population of England. If contracted, you could be dead in a matter of hours. Scary stuff!

Alex and Diane, discuss this epidemic, and other widespread diseases as well as Tudor medicine in general and how those diseases were treated.

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Stories from the past: a personal relic from the Mary Rose

Personal possessions hold great importance in exploring life on the Mary Rose. We can use them to learn more about the people who owned them, their beliefs and roles.

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Alexander McKee’s shot in time: The gun that confirmed the Mary Rose

Alexander McKee’s shot in time: The gun that confirmed the Mary Rose

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Actor and Archer: The double life of Robert Hardy

Actor and Archer: The double life of Robert Hardy

Best known as an actor, Robert Hardy CBE was also passionate about the English longbow, and contributed to the study of those found on the Mary Rose.

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